2 Samuel 16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Dawiḏ

² And the sovereign said to Tsiḇ

³ And the sovereign said, “And where is the son of your master?” And Tsiḇ

⁴ And the sovereign said to Tsiḇ

⁵ And when Sovereign Dawiḏ

⁶ And he threw Dawiḏ

⁷ And this is what Shimʽ

⁸ “יהוה  has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Sha’ul, in whose place you have reigned. And יהוה  has given the reign into the hand of Aḇ

⁹ And Aḇ

¹⁰ And the sovereign said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Tseruyah? For let him curse, even because יהוה  has said to him, ‘Curse Dawiḏ

¹¹ And Dawiḏ

¹² “If so be, יהוה  does look on my affliction, and יהוה  shall return good to me for his cursing today.”

¹³ And as Dawiḏ

¹⁴ And the sovereign and all the people who were with him became weary, and they refreshed themselves there.

¹⁵ And Aḇ

¹⁶ And it came to be, when Ḥ

¹⁷ And Aḇ

¹⁸ And Ḥ

¹⁹ “And besides, whom should I serve? Should it not be before his son? As I have served before your father, so I am before you.”

²⁰ And Aḇ

²¹ And Aḥ

²² So they pitched a tent for Aḇ

²³ Now the advice Aḥ